Planning a Good Study
When the researcher can't link participants to their data.
What is anonymity?
Prisoners as study participants are known as this type of group.
What is a vulnerable group?
The characteristics that define the population.
What are inclusion and exclusion criteria?
This is the term for when participants drop out of a longitudinal study over time.
What is attrition bias?
This is the broadest category of theory.
What is Grand Theory?
This is the idea that strategies must be used to minimize harm or discomfort, and that being involved in research should not put participants at a disadvantage.
What is beneficence?
In a research study, this group does not receive the intervention.
What is a control group?
This is reached when your sample size is big enough.
What is data saturation?
This type of bias happens when inaccurate measurements are taken on study participants.
What is measurement bias?
Mead, median, range, standard deviation, etc. are examples of ___________ statistics.
What is descriptive?
When participant information will not be publicly reported.
What is confidentiality?
Selection of a portion of the population to represent the entire population.
What is a sample?
Reliability, validity, verification, trustworthiness are references to a study's ____________.
What is rigor?
This analysis is done to find out how many participants a study needs to have to reduce the risk for bias.
What is a power analysis?
In this section of a research paper, the meanings and implications of the findings are presented, which may include an interpretation of the results.
What is the discussion section?
This is made up of three components:
1. Clinical expertise
2. Patient values and preferences
3. Best research evidence
What is evidence based practice?
This term refers to subpopulations of a population.
What are strata?
When your participants refer others to participate in your study.
What is snowballing?
Attrition bias is less likely to occur when data is collected at a single point in time, and this is called a ______________ study.
What is cross sectional?
When a researcher answers a research question with qualitative and quantitative techniques.
What is Mixed Methods research?
Most hospitals, universities, and other institutions where research is conducted have these formal committees for reviewing and approving the research plan.
What are Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)?
The entire group of interest based on eligibility criteria.
What is the population? Or target population?
This refers to the process of putting all of your thoughts and ideas into a cohesive pattern.
What is a concept map?
This value, when less than 0.05, can indicate a significant result.
What is the p-value?
This type of quantitative research applies when researchers do NOT intervene by controlling an independent variable.
What is a nonexperimental study?